Homosassa, FL
Respite care at Sugarmill Manor in Homosassa
Respite care is a short stay in an assisted living community, usually a few days to a few weeks, instead of a permanent move. Sugarmill Manor offers respite stays in Homosassa, in assisted living or in the secured memory care neighborhood, and a respite guest gets a furnished room, meals, medication management, and the same daily care a permanent resident gets. Call with the dates you have in mind and the administrator will tell you what is open.
Sugarmill Manor was voted Best Assisted Living in Citrus County in the 2026 Citrus County Chronicle Best of the Best.
When a respite stay helps
When the caregiver needs surgery
If you are the one having a procedure, your parent still needs somebody there for the weeks you cannot lift, drive, or manage a medication schedule. A respite stay covers that exact window, and it ends when you are back on your feet.
After a hospital stay, before going home
Sugarmill Manor is a few minutes from the hospital, so a parent who has been discharged but is not steady enough to be alone can land somewhere close by. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy are provided on site, and someone is there through the night.
A trial run before anyone commits
A week inside the building tells you more than a tour does. Your parent sleeps in a real room, eats in the dining room, and joins whatever is on the calendar, so you both find out whether it fits before anything permanent is decided.
When you are travelling
A wedding, a work trip, or a few days out of state does not have to be cancelled. Give us the dates and your parent has meals, medications, and company while you are gone.
What a respite stay includes
- A furnished room, made up before the arrival day
- Three home cooked meals a day in the dining room
- Medication management on the schedule your parent's physician set
- Help with bathing, dressing, and getting around, day and night
- Housekeeping and laundry
- The full activities calendar, live music, the game room, and the therapy dogs
- Assisted living or the secured memory care neighborhood, whichever fits
Comparing short stays across the county? See how respite works at both communities, or read about assisted living here and the secured memory care section.
Questions families ask about respite
Call Sugarmill Manor at (352) 382-2531 and ask for Lauren, who runs the community. Give the administrator the dates and what your parent needs, and she will confirm what is available.
Ready to see Sugarmill Manor in person?
Visit any day. We call to confirm within an hour during business hours.